phippsburg maine

Published
November 21, 2023

Malaga Island added to National Register of Historic Places

Malaga Island was home to a small community that historians believe was settled by free Black Americans around the time of the Civil War.
Published
November 15, 2023

Novel based on Maine’s Malaga Island comes up short at National Book Award ceremony

Justin Torres' novel 'Blackouts' beats out Paul Harding’s 'This Other Eden' and 3 other novels for the top fiction prize.
Published
November 15, 2023

Despite pushback from some residents, Phippsburg solar project inches to next step

The Planning Board scheduled a site walk for Dec. 10, the next step toward hotel firm erecting a solar 5.4-acre solar array.
Published
November 12, 2023

Bath Area BackPack Program seeks support to fight hunger for area students
Published
November 12, 2023

Malaga Island-inspired ‘This Other Eden’ is fiction; critics say it revives harmful myths

Paul Harding says his latest novel, up for major awards, is not meant to be historically accurate. But archivists and descendants believe it badly invites inaccurate depictions of the Maine island's mistreated residents.

Published
November 6, 2023

Some Phippsburg residents push back against proposed solar farm

Giri Hotels, the management company that acquired the Haraseeket Inn in Freeport this summer, says the proposed 5.4-acre array will necessitate a nearly 10-acre clear cut.
Published
October 24, 2023

Bath-area school board rejects proposed book ban

The parent of a Woolwich Central School fifth grader asked the Regional School Unit 1 board to remove the puberty-focused book "It's Perfectly Normal."
Published
October 8, 2023

Midcoast towns get state grants to counter climate change

Bowdoinham is one of 53 towns across the state to receive a grant aimed at mitigating the impacts of climate change on Maine communities.
Published
September 21, 2023

Phippsburg supports new grant proposal for Center Pond River fishway

The Center Pond River Herring Committee will take the next step with a grant proposal to rebuild the fishway connecting the pond with the lower Kennebec River for alewife migration.
Published
September 20, 2023

VFW offers scholarships for SAD 75, RSU 1 students, awards for teachers